Displaying web content in game

[neozero]

I know this can be done in UT. (Anyone remember the SCREEN demo), so it would make sense for it to be possible in Source.

Does anyone know of the possibility to display web content in game? This was inspired by the "league" topic.

Here's an example: In most games, when you waqnt to play Multiplayer, you go to a menu based server browser. What I'm wondering is could one spawn in the game. Access some sort of panel, and then from their select the server they'd like to join?

If it is it would be a good project for me to get my hands really dirty into SOURCE coding.

 

[babywax]

It wouldn't be hard I don't think. Not with the new VGUI etc... If we were still stuck with tri-api THEN it would be hard
However, I'm not sure, but I think this is already possible, I see pics and stuff when I join some CS servers, on the server description VGUI popup I mean.

 

[neozero]

Cool where are you getting this from . I wnat to find out how to code it.

 

[babywax]

Email Valve, they'd be best qualified to answer.

I'm almost sure it would be possible, with either HTML or some sort of script that your code could read. For background colors etc...
I work on the SDK, and it's possible even in HL1.

 

[Argyll]

Well, if you notice on some servers for Half-Life (I've only seen it with DoD), the Message of the Day can display a webpage. So, it can be done.

 

[neozero]

Well I guess so, but I'm talking about displaying and then manipulating webcontent in game.

 

[Ames]

HTML can be put into the motd.txt but it's not dynamic unless you like have some proggy to update it.

 

[babywax]

Well I guess so, but I'm talking about displaying and then manipulating webcontent in game.

Are you talking about something like stats? All you need is a way to interface with SQL and it's easy.. that or some other database.

 

[StardogChampion]

What i got from reading his post:

You spawn in a server... you see a model of a PC. You walk up to it and press USE. A website opens on the screen (NOT POPS-UP CS STYLE, actually appears on the screen of the PC). You can click on the links and things .

I haven't seen this "SCREEN" demo, got a link??

Imagine mapping an internet chatroom filled with PCs, then surfing the net as Gordon Freeman with your friends, and walk over to their screen and see some pr0n.

 

[babywax]

Imagine mapping an internet chatroom filled with PCs, then surfing the net as Gordon Freeman with your friends, and walk over to their screen and see some pr0n.

That would suck :|

 

[StardogChampion]

That would suck :|

Literally.

 

[neozero]

That's basically what I'm going for, but I wouldn't expect to actually go to a PC ingame, but imagine what you could do with that?

 

[neozero]

As fir the screen demo, all I know was that it was a map you had to look for in the original UT. All it had was a screen. It was similiar to the vehicle demo in UT2003